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educators and all of our public employees. [applause]the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut showed us all that our nation's educators that the welfare of their students above everything, even their own lives. you may have heard the story about the parents -- parent who was in the printable's office when the sounds of gunshots began in connecticut. that parents said she ran to get under the nearest desk, as most people would have done. but the educators in the room ran the other way. they ran towards the sound of gunfire, and they did not return. it is my fervent hope that the country sees the sacrifices made at this one school in this one state as entirely consistent with what teachers and educators do every day in every school, protect the children in their care. we should honor them today. [applause]the tragedy at sandy hook was unimaginable. unfortunately, not unfamiliar. we lost too many loved ones here in washington state and a seattle cafÉ in lakewood. all victims of a lethal combination of untreated
educators and all of our public employees. [applause]the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut showed us all that our nation's educators that the welfare of their students above everything, even their own lives. you may have heard the story about the parents -- parent who was in the printable's office when the sounds of gunshots began in connecticut. that parents said she ran to get under the nearest desk, as most people would have done. but the educators in the room ran the...
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i knew once i got a good education, or at least tried to get a quality education, that would be my way out of poverty. that is what i continue to fight for. to build young people like me to lift our voices and fight for quality education that puts us on top, not because of our situation or circumstances. it will lift us up out of poverty if we receive a quality education. that is why i push so hard along with the organization i work with. people inside are going inside of the schools and saying to the principals and superintendents, we have a voice. so many times, they do not see young people as equals. until we start to work intergenerationally and learn to value each other's voices and be in the same spaces, because we have solutions to these problems we are facing right now. that is what i am trying to do. bring our voices to the table with organizations behind us to strengthen our voices. that is my fight and it will continue to be. >> you are a student where? [applause] >> my high school. [applause] >> thank you. jonathan. say a word to me about the agency young people have all ac
i knew once i got a good education, or at least tried to get a quality education, that would be my way out of poverty. that is what i continue to fight for. to build young people like me to lift our voices and fight for quality education that puts us on top, not because of our situation or circumstances. it will lift us up out of poverty if we receive a quality education. that is why i push so hard along with the organization i work with. people inside are going inside of the schools and saying...
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they were elementary school educators dedicated to educating their young children. their first response when com fronting by this terror was to protect their children. thank goodness for our first responders, they arrived in three minutes which is incredible in a town of 60 square miles, mainly country roads. they arrived as the shooter carried enough ammunition to take out the entire school. this loving elementary school was helpless. 20 beautiful first graders were lost that day in a senseless act. there were no match for a troubled person with an ar-15. at the fire house where we gathered to try to sort through the events of the day. the true horror of the assault became apparent as parents came running to the station looking if you are that children. as we released children we began to realize we did not have enough children. there were parents without children. it was then i began to realize the magnitude of this horror. six dedicated educators were lost including the phenomenal principal who took over the leadership of sandy hook two and half years ago. shed a
they were elementary school educators dedicated to educating their young children. their first response when com fronting by this terror was to protect their children. thank goodness for our first responders, they arrived in three minutes which is incredible in a town of 60 square miles, mainly country roads. they arrived as the shooter carried enough ammunition to take out the entire school. this loving elementary school was helpless. 20 beautiful first graders were lost that day in a...
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education -- i agree almost entirely with what we talked about earlier with education. i spent a year with the secretary of education in this administration and reverend al sharpton going around the country. it was an enormous privilege. i guarantee you, as a white republican walking into an inner-city baltimore school, my standing was zero. none of the kids had a clue who i was. they all knew who al sharpton was. i was allowed to be part of the conversation as his sidekick. let me give you to ban things that will be interesting to pick up on a little bit. the fact is, for 60% of most public schools, catholic schools graduate an extraordinarily high percent of kids who go to college. a thought experiment -- what if we said to catholic schools, we will let you enroll as many poor children, and we will fund it? overnight, you have an explosion of highly disciplined schools with passionate teachers that costs 60% as much and can get to 15 students per class. i give you that as an example. or take a variety of other things, where you have certain kinds of charter schools th
education -- i agree almost entirely with what we talked about earlier with education. i spent a year with the secretary of education in this administration and reverend al sharpton going around the country. it was an enormous privilege. i guarantee you, as a white republican walking into an inner-city baltimore school, my standing was zero. none of the kids had a clue who i was. they all knew who al sharpton was. i was allowed to be part of the conversation as his sidekick. let me give you to...
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representatives of the video game and movie industries, educators, retailers, and public health officials. and as i said, i spoke to many of you in this room as well, along with the governors and the county executives. no group was more consequential and instrumental in shaping of the document we put together that all of you in this room. those conversations, after literally hundreds of hours of work and research done by experts at the justice department and department of homeland security and elsewhere, after hearing just about every idea that had been written up only to gather dust on the shelf of some agency in government, a set of principles emerge that there was not universal agreement on, but overwhelming consensus on. they were the foundation of the recommendations. if you will permit me another 10-12 minutes, i want to lay out to you what they are from the perspective of the president the first foundational principles is there is a second amendment. -- from the perspective of the president and me. it comes with the right of law- abiding responsible citizens who own guns. the secon
representatives of the video game and movie industries, educators, retailers, and public health officials. and as i said, i spoke to many of you in this room as well, along with the governors and the county executives. no group was more consequential and instrumental in shaping of the document we put together that all of you in this room. those conversations, after literally hundreds of hours of work and research done by experts at the justice department and department of homeland security and...
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moving to a culture of education rather than a culture of violence. one of the things we can work on its anti bullying programs in schools. where we learn about violence and we model violence, children learn very young. if we address this through educational aspects, then we should look at additional support for anti bali activities in our schools. -- anti bullying activities in our schools. >> some of these overlap. firstly, funding. yes, please, we do. there are a number of ways we use it. in my city, the lion's share of public schools in my district are in our city. we know how they are strapped. yes to the funding peace. to the met ipod keith walker -- piece. they are having a bad today -- that day to day. what is going on? have you seen his facebook page? i am being bullied on facebook. all of these things that lead us to bend to -- to mental health issues. an officer on the street today gets called because someone is having an episode of some nature. maybe a family member calls or a co-worker calls. having some sort of episode. the officer comes
moving to a culture of education rather than a culture of violence. one of the things we can work on its anti bullying programs in schools. where we learn about violence and we model violence, children learn very young. if we address this through educational aspects, then we should look at additional support for anti bali activities in our schools. -- anti bullying activities in our schools. >> some of these overlap. firstly, funding. yes, please, we do. there are a number of ways we use...
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research education. and you drew it very, very correctly, and that is the manufacturing that comes from that. manufacturing matters, and how do you do? you need to be in front of it. and when you talk about the research and manufacturing technology, spot on. that is the third critical investment. the fourth one we talked about here, and that is infrastructure. these are four of the critical investments that we need to make as a society. some of that falls on individual companies encouraged by a research tax credit or encouraged by buy america in different ways, we encourage the tax policy. we did that. it was a democratic proposal. we did it three years ago and continued it and continued it in the recent fiscal cliff legislation where we provided 100% write-off for capital investment. that was from the democrats. you know, we care about business. so we said grow your business. we will provide you with 100% write-off in the first year of capital equipment you put in place, not deappreciation over seven, 1
research education. and you drew it very, very correctly, and that is the manufacturing that comes from that. manufacturing matters, and how do you do? you need to be in front of it. and when you talk about the research and manufacturing technology, spot on. that is the third critical investment. the fourth one we talked about here, and that is infrastructure. these are four of the critical investments that we need to make as a society. some of that falls on individual companies encouraged by a...
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to college education is vital to american competitiveness, suspect it? >> is the number one determine informant. how much do we produce in this economy? number one, looking forward is human capital, that is about education, the ability to innovate and work with the new technologies. >> over the short run, what is the effect of across the board cuts on pell grants on research funding--for medical research and scientific research? >> it is all going to be negative for growth and human capital. it is also going to give you negative impact on the budget. >> while the most immediate concern, i know is and the main focus of your testimony, is upholding full fate and credit of the united states, is it your feeling in this time in our economy that we need to see a contraction of government spending? >> time has expired, i'm sorry. >> my first question is to all the panelists. thank you for being here. there's a lost talk across the aisle about raising revenue to solve our debt problem. is it possible to raise taxes to permanently sustain programs such as social
to college education is vital to american competitiveness, suspect it? >> is the number one determine informant. how much do we produce in this economy? number one, looking forward is human capital, that is about education, the ability to innovate and work with the new technologies. >> over the short run, what is the effect of across the board cuts on pell grants on research funding--for medical research and scientific research? >> it is all going to be negative for growth and...
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public schools in new york, new jersey, connecticut are working tirelessly to support uninterrupted education of displaced children through the program. yet these schools face significant unexpected costs associated with the increased number of homeless students. congress has appropriated supplemental funds to help defer the costs associated with these increase -- these increases from past disasters. mr. chairman, if i might, give than the bill before us today does not contain direct funding for the program, is it your understanding that the intentions of the department of health and human services and the department of education work with the states of new york, new jersey, connecticut to assist the school districts affected by superstorm sandy, to access funds under the social services block grant to support the education of students displaced by the storm, including the transportation, counseling and supplies? i yield to the gentleman. mr. rogers: i thank the gentleman for yielding. yes. that is my understanding. and intention. as you know, congress previously has recognized the critical r
public schools in new york, new jersey, connecticut are working tirelessly to support uninterrupted education of displaced children through the program. yet these schools face significant unexpected costs associated with the increased number of homeless students. congress has appropriated supplemental funds to help defer the costs associated with these increase -- these increases from past disasters. mr. chairman, if i might, give than the bill before us today does not contain direct funding...